Cleanout device for stoves



Dec. 27, 1 938. E. F. FALES, s'R

CLEANOUT DEVICE FOR STOVES Filed Oct. 27, 1937 Emmge Ffamflr:

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ATTORN EYS Patented Dec. 27, 1938 CLEANOUT DEVICE FOR STOVES Emanuel F.Fales,

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S12, Portsmouth, Va.

Application October 27, 1937, Serial No. 171,336

4 Claims.

My invention relates to clean out devices and more particularly to atype adapted to be attached to the clean out sleeves of oil burners orthe like.

One of the is to provide means where tached to the stove.

principal objects of my invention a clean out device equipped with bythe same may be readily atclean out sleeve of an oil burner or Anotherobject of my invention is to provide a device of the above describedcharacter having means closure plug,

contained therein whereby the fitting within the clean out sleeve of astove or the like, may be, when detached from the stove, inserted insaid device and the soot scraped therefrom.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the abovedescribed character which is simple in construction, each in attachmentand economical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, appended claims and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designatelike parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a heater thereto.

illustrating my perspective View of an oil burning invention attachedFig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the heaterillustrating the invention attached thereto, the dotted lines.

closure plug being illustrated in Fig. 3 is a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

preferably of trated in the the oil burning heater type 5 illusdrawing.Said heater is equipped with the usual burner assembly 6 having a lowerchamber 1 in late. The fr which soot is adapted to accumuont 8 of theheater 5 is provided with a hinged door 9 through which accessisobtained to a clean out sleeve l0 terminating at the lower end in thechamber I.

Said sleeve is adapted to receive therein a closure plug H, illustratedin dotted lines in Figure 2, having an inner face flush with the innerend of the sleeve 10. thereof with ment with a Said closure plug isprovided on the side a bayonet groove Ha for engagepin [2 extendinginteriorly of the sleeve whereby said plug is maintained within saidsleeve.

The outer end of the sleeve [0 is fashioned with a flange [3 forabutting engagement with a similar flange 94 formed on the outer end ofthe closure plug H. The foregoing construction illustrated and describedis typical of one of many forms of oil burning heaters.

As heretofore stated, soot accumulates within the chamber 1, upon theinner face of the plug l I and oftentimes pervades between the outerperiphery of the plug and inner periphery of the sleeve to form acoating on said peripheries. The soot is removed from the chamber 7 byremoving the plug H and withdrawing the soot through the sleeve l9.Heretofore, in this operation it was necessary to hold a receptacleunder the outer end of the sleeve and to subse quently scrape the sootfrom the end of the plug ll by any appropriate means at hand, such as aknife or the like.

To eliminate these undesirable features I have provided a clean outdevice comprising a hollow cylindrical body I5 having a closed bottom itand an inclined apertured top H. Adjacent the top ll the upper wall ofthe. body is segmented to form an aperture I8 for effectingcommunication with the interior of the body. The apertured top I! isadapted to embrace the outer end of the sleeve IE3 and secure a bodythereto in a downwardly and outwardly extending position as clearlyillustrated in Figure 2. Secured within the body adjacent the top is ascraper member l9 fashioned with oppositely disposed arms 20, one ofsaid arms extending transversely of the body. The section of the scrapermember between the arms 20 is fashioned with a scraper edge 2! andlikewise the inner faces of the arms are formed with scraper edges 22.The arms 20 are adapted to embrace the inner end of the plug I l andposition the same therebetween and on the scraper edge 2|. Consequently,rotation of the plug ll against the scraper edges will remove soottherefrom and said soot will be discharged into the body towards theclosed bottom thereof.

When the clean out device is attached to the sleeve Ill, as illustratedin Figure 2, the soot from the chamber 1 and on the inner periphery ofthe sleeve l0 may be readily removed and deposited within thereceptacle, thereby preventing the same from being distributed over thefloor or like support for the heater.

Secured to the upper end of the body is a pivoted bail 23 whereby thereceptacle may be carried in a vertical position to prevent sootcontained therein from being accidentally discharged therefrom when saidreceptacle has been detached from the sleeve.

In Figure 5 the body is provided with a fixed handle 23a on the outerperiphery thereof and intermediate between the ends. By the use of thisform of handle the body may be readily connected to the sleeve In.

What I claim is:

l. A clean out receptacle for stoves, comprising, a hollow cylindricalbody having an inclined apertured end face at one end adapted forconnection about the end of a clean out sleeve of a stove, and a scrapermember secured within said body adjacent said face, said membersegmentedintermediate of the length thereof to form oppositely disposed armsadapted to embrace the end of a detached closure plug of a stove wherebysaid plug may be rotated between said arms to clean soot therefrom bysaid member.

2. A clean out receptacle for stoves, comprising, a hollow cylindricalbody having an inclined apertured end face at one end adapted forconnection about the end of a clean out sleeve of a stove, a scrapermember secured within said body adjacent said face, said membersegmented intermediate of the length thereof to form oppositely disposedarms adapted to embrace the end of a detached closure plug of a stovewhereby said plug may be rotated between said arms to clean soottherefrom by said member, said body segmented at the top thereof to forman aperture whereby access may be had to said clean out sleeve and saidclosure plug inserted for engagement with said scraper member.

3. A device of the character described for use in connection with astove equipped with a clean out sleeve having a closure plug,comprising, an elongated hollow cylindrical body fashioned with aclosedbottom and an inclined apertured top adapted to be secured to saidsleeve whereby said body will extend outwardly and downwardly from saidsleeve, and a scraper member secured within said body and adjacent saidtop and fashioned with arms adapted to embrace said plug when detachedfrom said sleeve in a manner whereby said plug may be rotated thereon toclean soot therefrom.

4. A clean out device for stoves of a type equipped with a clean outsleeve having a closure plug, comprising, a hollow body fashioned withan apertured top adapted to be secured to the sleeve whereby said bodywill extend away from said sleeve, and a scraper member secured withinsaid body and adjacent said top and adapted to engage said plug whendetached from said sleeve in a manner whereby said plug may be movedthereon to clean soot therefrom.

EMANUEL F. FALES, SR.

